Argonauts of the western Pacific; an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea (1922)
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942 · London, G. Routledge & Sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 360
allsto the required thinness with a mussel-shell. To give thedescription in detail, a woman starts first by kneading a certainamount of clay for a long time. Of this material she makestwo semi-circular clumps, or several clumps, if a big pot is tobe made. These clumps are then placed in a ring,… … ■ TWf :v 1 aIf 4/ 1 W •s^*>-4 r ^ 4 / V.V. :o;~/ :. -^O^ j? TECHNOLOGY OF POT MAKING (II.) Top picture : the clumps of clay have been put in a circle and joined up, forminga thick, circular roll. Bottom picture : the roll is being worked upwards, cavingin all round. (See Div. III.) [face p 284…
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